Beosound Ouverture

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carbman (archived2)
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Posted January 11, 2015 at 19:53 GMT
#2031369

Hi, I am a new member and have joined to try and help an elderly couple who have the above system, but have got themselves into a bit of a quandary.

Up until something over a year ago, their system, which included TV and Hi-Fi, worked fine. Then a couple of problems co-incided, which culminated in them being advised to replace the TV, which they did, only to realise afterwards, that the TV had the integrated speakers for the Hi-Fi system.

They have been told that there is no facility to connect speakers to their Hi-Fi  system.

I would be grateful if anyone can advise them if this is the case, or if there is any way that they can use some separate speakers with their Hi-Fi?

Regards, carbman.             

 

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Opman
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Posted January 11, 2015 at 21:20 GMT
#2031370

Hi Carman and welcome to BeoWorld.

The BeoSound Ouverture doesn't have an amplifier so there is nothing to drive passive loudspeakers hence it is not possible to connect passive speakers directly to this unit.

There are a couple of options.

1) Purchase active (mains operated loudspeakers with their own integrated amplifiers) and connect them to the Powerlink (PL) loudspeaker sockets on the rear. These are the 8 pin din sockets. Any B&O loudspeaker pre-fixed "BeoLab" will do the job. Price/spec will determine sound quality.

2) Purchase a seperate amplifier and connect any passive loudspeakers to the power amp. Think of the Ouverture as a seperates CD player, tuner and casstte deck built into one elegant cabinet.

Hope that helps.

Opman

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Davefarr
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Posted January 11, 2015 at 21:22 GMT
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Welcome to Beoworld.

Sounds as though they have been very poorly advised - firstly about the TV and secondly about speaker connectivity.

The Ouverture:  

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Leosgonewild
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Posted January 11, 2015 at 21:32 GMT
#2031372

A pair of Beolab speakers can be connected with powerlink.

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Millemis
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Posted January 11, 2015 at 21:50 GMT
#2031373

The BL2500 could work well.

Or a MCL2P/BeoLink Passive (as amp) with passive speakers of their own choice.

Or the BL7-2 - they are relatively cheap now.

Or a BL3500 at the vacant end of the ML.

MM

 

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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carbman (archived2)
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Posted January 11, 2015 at 22:33 GMT
#2031374

Wow!!! that is a great response from you all. Thanks.

Once I have taken it all in, I will try and speak to them again tomorrow. I think they would like to purchase some B&O compatible speakers because they were saying this afternoon that they miss the quality of their old TV speakers in the system. Their elderly hearing struggles with the inferior reproduction quality.

Thanks very much again.

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argentas
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Posted January 12, 2015 at 02:51 GMT
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Millemissen wrote:

The BL2500 could work well.

Or a MCL2P/BeoLink Passive (as amp) with passive speakers of their own choice.

Or the BL7-2 - they are relatively cheap now.

Or a BL3500 at the vacant end of the ML.

MM

All excellent suggestions - just one more for the list:-

A pair of Beolab 4000 - also relatively cheap now and very similar sound wise to the audio from the Avant CRT.

Martin.

Location: Exeter, UK

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Jacquesboo (archived2)
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Posted January 12, 2015 at 07:57 GMT
#2031376

Before buying anything, be sure that there system were not an AV 9000 system with an MCPL9000 (link here : http://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=865). In this case, they will not be able to use the "ouverture" with anything else than the TV....

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PhilLondon
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Posted January 12, 2015 at 09:41 GMT
#2031377
That's right. What was their TV and what was their speakers?

If you can find the label on them, make a note of model numbers and let us know.
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T.W.G
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Posted January 12, 2015 at 15:22 GMT
#2031378

And you'll need an audio cable running from any line out or headphone out of the Non-B&O-TV to the AUX-IN of the Overture.

 

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